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Nouvelle Cuisine
Nouvelle Cuisine
Greetmir


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Challenge: Minimalism II (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Kodak Z650
Location: My living room
Date: Jan 21, 2007
Aperture: F 7.73
ISO: 80
Shutter: 6 seconds
Galleries: Studio, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 21, 2007

WooHoo! My PB so far! Thanks to all who left comments!

One very sharp knife, the tiny tip of a very fine carrot quartered with tiny bits of carrot leaves placed at the top, very finely sliced bits of onion, some very finely sliced and cut thin-skinned clementine orange, a cooked meat patty about the size of a dime cut into thirds, tiny slivers of green pepper, a quarter dropperful of last night's gravy, a tiny artist brush with sunflower oil on it to make things look fresh, one oval pasta dinner plate, a one meter by two meter piece of black fabric borrowed from my mother-in-law, one quartz halogen desk lamp for keylight. Overhead ceiling lamp for fill light. White focus set to tungsten. Focal length of 64 mm. This is the last of about 30 frames before I was happy with the lighting, exposure, lay out, and positioning. I would have liked to make the subject a TAD smaller but the backdrop fabric was not large enough to permit this. (Going to the fabric shop next week) DONE! - 2.5 meters purchased. Good enough for now.

Sharpen once, resize once, save for web.

And ... VOILA! I am VERY interested to see if the voters can get into my head space on this one.

"I LOVE it when a plan comes together."

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 231
Avg (all users): 6.0116
Avg (commenters): 7.3077
Avg (participants): 5.7952
Avg (non-participants): 6.2135
Views since voting: 9937
Views during voting: 280
Votes: 172
Comments: 24
Favorites: 2 (view)


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04/08/2007 07:31:09 PM
haha
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03/14/2007 11:00:31 PM
I appreciate the info you left with this. Very nicely done!
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02/14/2007 09:35:01 AM
Wicked execution and a great idea. Not too keen on the crop myself. I wonder if a black border would have been called foul?

I first thought that this was done with icing. My mother has made some rather impressive cakes, and had her own little collection of hand-made icing sugar toppers.
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02/06/2007 11:16:12 PM
Greetmir -

Congrats on this personal best at DPC!
Great idea and execution!

ralfw
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02/06/2007 09:38:41 AM
that is absolutly the cutest and funniest thing :) very creative!
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02/03/2007 01:47:37 AM
Man, you nailed this. Well executed.
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02/02/2007 04:28:17 AM
I agree, a well-earned PB :D
Great job on getting the black BLACK! And I love the detail on the plate :)
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02/02/2007 02:19:02 AM
Woo hoo! Huge congrats on a new personal best with this very creative entry!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2007 06:30:45 PM
Interesting take in Minimal. Lighting is really good. Well done.
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01/31/2007 04:32:43 PM
Very interesting. Very creative. I love it
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01/30/2007 05:25:39 PM
to much is showing
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01/29/2007 06:35:14 PM
That took a minute to sink in. Nicely done.
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01/29/2007 09:24:02 AM
Giggle. Soooo cute. Looks tasty too.
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01/29/2007 08:13:12 AM
that is minimal! Very unique and creative shot.
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01/29/2007 07:30:45 AM
excellente idée, et...tellement vrai. En français on dit "Nouvelle Cuisine" :)
ma préférée de toute la serie, 9 !
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01/28/2007 04:58:27 PM
Nouvelle cuisine ! and good shot :-)
not far from my entry so I rate high :)
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01/28/2007 04:28:46 PM
LOL! Nicely done.
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01/27/2007 03:45:01 PM
Funny! And a clever take on the theme.
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01/27/2007 10:52:26 AM
Great job getting everything so tiny! 8
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01/27/2007 05:23:51 AM
Funny idea. A more overhead angle might have allowed for more detail on the food arrangement.
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01/26/2007 10:19:38 PM
Clever and creative. I like it.
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01/26/2007 05:30:54 PM
visually (and gastronomically) appealing - 7 -

Jack
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01/26/2007 09:52:34 AM
great idea (though it's called "Nouvelle Cuisine"). a higher POV and a slightly smaller plate might have been even better
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01/26/2007 05:34:22 AM
well, now nothing jokes pulls outside the true lunch :) 8
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